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While there was no #Starship launch the #SpaceX webcast contained two unexpected segments, one about a vague plan of a space tourist flight - #Starlink Stargaze system described in https://starlink.com/updates/stargaze and https://breakingdefense.com/2026/01/spacex-unveils-stargaze-space-tracking-system/ and https://smallsatnews.com/2026/02/18/spacex-unveils-stargaze-system-to-revolutionize-space-traffic-management/: apparently there are numerous unlisted satellites in LEO which come so close to the Starlinks that cameras on the latter see them as bright objects. How could those objects have been missed by all space surveillance from the ground?

Space waste - an update of the anthropogenic matter injection into Earth’s atmosphere: #SpaceDebris

Senator Mark Kelly, former astronaut, explains his top 3 space movies.
Do they overlap with your favorites?
#Space #MarkKelly #movies

Lenticular post-starburst galaxy NGC 1266 captured by Hubble has no discernable spiral arms #space

Hubble Sights Galaxy in Transition
This Hubble image of lenticular galaxy NGC 1266 reveals its bright center and a face that hints at spiral structure.

Prediction of solar energetic events impacting space weather conditions: #SpaceWeather Challenges: https://eos.org/science-updates/vast-space-sparse-data-an-ai-answer-to-twin-space-weather-challenges - modern machine learning and AI methods can help heliophysics researchers and space weather forecasters overcome limitations from a dearth of observations and the infrequency of extreme events.

The Arietids peak on June 10! 🌠🧪
This meteor shower lasts from May 29 until June 17, and is famously most visible during the daytime.
#Astronomy #MeteorShower #Space

Museum of Science (@museumofscience.bsky.social)
The Arietids peak on June 10! 🌠🧪 This meteor shower lasts from May 29 until June 17, and is famously most visible during the daytime. #Astronomy #MeteorShower #Space #Science #Astrophotography

OMG. People are starting to compare the SpaceX IPO document to the WeWork IPO document.
#spaceX

apparently, there was a giant #fireball outside at 10:27pm last night. Took more than 15 seconds to cross the sky! This view from my office window. #lookup #space

The Hubble space telescope turned 36 recently, and requested Earth send up some ibuprofen and a foot massager.
#space #Hubble #astronomy

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #WoPop
Space:
🎵 Magic Fly
#Space
https://spacemusique.bandcamp.com/track/tango-in-space
https://open.spotify.com/track/3VkPfiwwaYme0mbNEciJXN

Am letzten Ferientag noch ein freundliches Wesen gefunden. 🤩👾
#SpaceInvader #Faro

75 years ago the Soviet #SpaceDogs Dezik and Tsygan became the first vertebrates to survive a spaceflight, if only a suborbital one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dezik_and_Tsygan (and see https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2024/06/11/allgemeines-live-blog-ab-dem-11-juni-2024/ for the first vertebrate to reach space but didn't make it back alive two years earlier).

SpaceX: We believe we have identified the largest TAM in human history.
The TAM:
#SpaceX #IPO #AI #speculation

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #LateJunction
Space Afrika:
🎵 If this is Hell (feat. Deuén)
#SpaceAfrika
https://open.spotify.com/track/2lMUkAyvvfvVLmRakjS9UV

From Sputnik to Starship - estimating the experience curve of #SpaceLaunch technology: https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/5/7/pgag217/8732400?login=false -> For more than 60 years, the cost of transporting payload into space has been falling: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Transport-of-payload-into-space-SpaceX-as-the-East-India-Company-of-our-time-11365594.html - according to an analysis, there is no comparable development in history.

@… writes:
"SaxaVord #Spaceport on the island of Unst is applying for a licence to start dropping large, disused rocket components into the sea north of Shetland over the next 12 months. The application reveals that there is a “significant risk” that the …

A spaceport plans to dump tonnes of rocket junk into the sea north of Shetland, posing a risk to tourism and fishing
Tourism and fishing associations in Shetland have voiced alarm and concern about the plans, while campaigners condemn space companies as “litter louts".

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #MaryAnneHobbs
Space Afrika:
🎵 If This Is Hell (feat. Deuén)
#SpaceAfrika
#newRelease 🆕 single
https://space-afrika.bandcamp.com/track/if-this-is-hell-ft-deue-n
https://open.spotify.com/track/2lMUkAyvvfvVLmRakjS9UV

I find it very cool that #Proxmox will be deployed to space this yes
#linux #esa #space

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Space Ghost:
🎵 Deep (Not Even Noticed Remix)
#SpaceGhost
https://open.spotify.com/track/6A9tMVmtUhjWewDbn7tcFE

In space, no one can hear you scam.
(Patrick Boyle video analyses are so good... and entertaining. Highly recommend.)
▶️ SpaceX IPO: Nice Try Though - Patrick Boyle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHD8BDFYyGI

Characterizing solar cycle influence on long-term orbital deterioration of low-earth orbiting #SpaceDebris: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/astronomy-and-space-sciences/articles/10.3389/fspas.2026.1797886/full -> Space junk falls to Earth faster when sunspots peak, and this can help prevent collisions with satellites: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1126476

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Unclassified
Space Afrika:
🎵 If This Is Hell (feat. Deuén)
#SpaceAfrika
https://open.spotify.com/track/2lMUkAyvvfvVLmRakjS9UV

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GillesPeterson
Space Afrika:
🎵 If This Is Hell (feat. Deuén)
#SpaceAfrika
https://space-afrika.bandcamp.com/track/if-this-is-hell-ft-deue-n
https://open.spotify.com/track/2lMUkAyvvfvVLmRakjS9UV

Looks like we’re now polluting space with satellites so much that stuff is just washing up on beaches. Great.
Here’s another for your collection
@…
Here’s an Australia news story on it.
#spacePollution #spaceX #satellite #space

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #DreamTime
Space Ghost:
🎵 Forest Dub
#SpaceGhost
https://space-ghost.bandcamp.com/track/forest-dub
https://open.spotify.com/track/0nMfiQn1r0dYoWbZznBp6q

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #PacificNotions
Space Ghost:
🎵 Afterglow (Remastered)
#SpaceGhost
#newRelease 🆕 album
https://open.spotify.com/track/1fnummTnWegfvSSA8UtxXt

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #MaryAnneHobbs
Space Afrika:
🎵 MLN (feat. Tony Njoku)
#SpaceAfrika
https://space-afrika.bandcamp.com/track/mln-ft-tony-njoku
https://open.spotify.com/track/45iP5VYch4tuE1HdSAfabo

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #MaryAnneHobbs
Space Afrika:
🎵 Validation
#SpaceAfrika